Book search winding down — Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integrated into our Search results, but not through separate indexes.

Update Your Profile From More Websites — A few weeks ago, we told you about the new ability to import stories into your Mini-Feed from other sites. Since then, we've been working on increasing the number of sites that work with this feature. We're happy to report that now …

Rumor: Tablet Mac coming this fall (updated 3x) — I don't often publish first hand rumors, but today I've something special for you, if you like tablets that is. — A little birdy tells me that Apple will announce a 12 or 13-inch tablet in the fall of this year. Most likely in the September or October time frame.

Tablet Mac Coming in Fall 2008? — Jason O'Grady revives rumors of a tablet Mac in his ‘The Apple Core’ blog today with claims that the long-rumored Mac Tablet would finally be arriving later this year. — Specifically, he believes that Apple will announce a 12" or 13" tablet “in the fall” of this year.

How “Why Startups Fail” Fails — David Feinleib at Mohr Davidow Ventures pens a piece called, “Why Startups Fail.” Here are his four reasons with my thoughts below. … This is exactly why we encourage new companies to stay as far away from venture funding as they can. VC's encourage you to spend!

Why Startups Fail … In the case of the startup in a hot sector that means how fast do you make critical decisions, hire key personnel, and manage limited resources. If, on average, you're slower or less efficient than your competitors, you're very likely burning more cash than they are as well.

What to expect from Steve Jobs on June 9 — Thursday was a red-letter day for 3G iPhone rumors. On Wall St., the “rumor of a rumor” of an iPhone delay was enough to drive Apple (AAPL) share prices down 5 points in midafternoon trading. Meanwhile, a dozen subway stops to the north …

MicroHoo: The Gates Factor — Sure, Microsoft and Yahoo are talking this weekend and they are talking about a lot of configurations of a revived deal to merge the companies together in some way that makes all parties happy. — But make no mistake: It is Yahoo (YHOO) pushing the one-price-buys-all idea …

Akimbo, Dot Gone — Akimbo, an early entrant in the Internet Video game has shuttered its doors, as first indicated by VentureBeat and confirmed by NewTeeVee. Peter Chantel, CFO of the company told NewTeeVee that the nine-year-old company has held onto a skeleton staff that will find a buyer for the company.

Court smacks Autodesk, affirms right to sell used software — A federal district judge in Washington State handed down an important decision this week on shrink-wrap license agreements and the First Sale Doctrine. The case concerned an eBay merchant named Timothy Vernor who has repeatedly locked horns …

SF's BART in talks for full Wi-Fi rollout — The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District is negotiating with a startup for a Wi-Fi network that would provide fast Internet access to riders throughout its 104-mile regional rail system. — BART would not pay anything for the network …

The Alpha Geeks — In 1950, Dr. Seuss published a book called “If I Ran the Zoo.” It contained the sentence: “I'll sail to Ka-Troo, and bring back an IT-KUTCH, a PREEP, and a PROO, a NERKLE, a NERD, and a SEERSUCKER, too!” According to the psychologist David Anderegg …

Popular blogger ignites uproar over Twitter harassment — Some Web enthusiasts find microblogging service Twitter to be addictive because you can say absolutely anything you want—as long as it's 140 characters or less. So what happens when “saying anything” translates into harassment?

Man ‘stole rental cars after planting GPS devices in them’ — A 30-year-old man has been indicted on charges of stealing rental cars by installing global positioning system devices in rented vehicles, tracking their location after they are returned to rental companies, and then stealing them by using copied keys, police said.